US Patent Issued to Flender on Feb. 17 for "Reliable pitch tube for a blade pitch control system of a wind turbine" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,553,418, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Flender GmbH (Bocholt, Germany).

"Reliable pitch tube for a blade pitch control system of a wind turbine" was invented by Christian Konig (Bocholt, Germany) and Lars Van Acken (Bocholt, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pitch tube for a blade pitch control system of a wind turbine includes a tube body extending from a first axial end to a second axial end, for passing supply lines through a transmission. The tube body is designed in multiple parts and made of a non-conductive material only in an axial partial region in order to electrically insulate the first axial end in relation to the...